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Zaheer Ud Din Babur - Battle of Khanwa


    


    The Battle of Khanwa was fought between Babur and Rajpoot rulers of Mewar, Rana Sanga on sixteen March 1527. Rana Sanga needed to overthrow Babur, whom he thought about to be a foreigner ruling in India. He additionally to increase the Rajpoot territories by annexing Old Delhi and Agra. He was supported by Afghan chiefs who felt that Babur had been deceptive by refusing to fulfilling guarantees created to them. Upon receiving news of Rana Sangha's advance towards Agra, Babur took a defensive position at Khanwa (currently within the Indian state of Rajasthan). 

    Where he planned to launch a counterattack later. As per opinion of K.V. Krishna Rao, Babur won the battle due to his "superior generalship" and trendy tactics. The battle was one among the primary in North India that featured cannons and muskets. Rao additionally notes that Rana Sanga round-faced "treachery" once the Hindu chief Silhadi joined Babur's army with a garrison of 6000 x troopers.



       





    Babur recognised Sanga's talent in leadership, career him one among the 2 x greatest non-Muslim Indian kings of the time, the opposite being Krishnadevaraya of Vijayanagara.

 

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